1) You are sick. You have an incurable disease. You are in the fight of your life. All the happy images of cancer you’ve seen on TV? Forget them. 2) You will be tired. You will be sad. You will be irritable. You will feel guilty for being a bad parent/friend/coworker. 3) You will feel [...]
Posts Tagged ‘loss’
12 Tips for Cancer Patients
Posted in Cancer, tagged 5 stages grief, acceptance, five stages grief, loss on January 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Dream a Little Bigger
Posted in Cancer, tagged aneurysm, avm, grief, lauren chapin, loss on December 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I saw open grief at a memorial service for a friend. I can’t tell you how refreshing that was. Photographer and Kansas City Star restaurant critic Lauren Chapin had just turned 50 when she basically dropped dead at the gym. Lauren was a trim, energetic, happy wife and mother of two teenaged daughters she adored. She was in [...]
A Deeper Well
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged grief, loss, widow, widower on December 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In memory of friends lost, and in honor of loved ones left behind: A Deeper Well by Donna Trussell My husband’s pallbearers have thick, pink faces and the luxury of grief. I can’t make a sound. The house gels around me. I get up, I go looking at the white shoes of spring. Choose ten. [...]
I’m Too Special to Get Cancer
Posted in Cancer, tagged acceptance, cancer survivor, loss, ptsd on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First comes the shock. In the (tongue-in-cheek) words of my friend, teacher and mentor the late James Tankard: Cancer? Me? But I’m too special to get cancer. People told me I was lucky — great doctors, good insurance, look at the bright side. People expected me to be positive and that’s when a disconnect happened. Why [...]
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